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Chapter 4

He never expected to be in this position in the middle of the day.

He's backed up against a wall, sweat dripping down his forehead. The escrima sticks in his hand feel extremely slippery through his gloves. Added to the pounding in his ears, he's bleeding in so many places he's surprised he hasn't fainted from blood loss. Behind his mask, his eyes quickly see behind the assassin in front of him. This guy is actually trained enough to defeat Cassie and Tim together. But then again, the Court of Owls has always surprised him.

He drops the escrima stick in his right hand as his hand shoots to his chest where a really deep cut was administered at that moment. He presses his back against the wall and slides down to his knees, panting for breath. The assassin turns the blade to face him.

"I could kill all three of you right now," he says in a deep brooding voice, "But you are not my targets. I have some other work to tend to." Saying so, he back flips into the shadows and is gone in a second.

Dick places a gloved hand over the deep wound. Thankfully, he hears Tim and Cassie stirring beside him. He stares after where the assassin disappeared. This wouldn't be the first time a Court of Owls assassin almost fatally wounded him, but what has his attention is the assassin's parting words.

What is that other work?

"We can't go in like this." Dick quickly whispers.

Tim looks up from under his shoulder. "Why?"

"Skylar and Alex are still in the Cave." Dick explains. "They'll freak when they see us like this. Especially Skylar. It's her first day, and I'm not sure she's ready for this yet."

"You're really compassionate about Skylar, aren't you?" Cassie asks from underneath his other arm. His eyes widen behind his mask.

"What makes you say so?" he awkwardly asks.

"You seemed really awkward around her today, and now you're talking about her like you've known her your whole life." Cassie explains.

"Did you two meet somewhere?" Tim asks.

Cassie shakes her head. "She only came here about a week ago. And all the time Diana's been keeping an eye on her, she's been crime-fighting or at school. She couldn't have met Dick anywhere." She says.

"What do you say, Dick?" Tim asks, tilting his head to look at his brother. "Dick?"

Dick wasn't even listening. Instead, he was in a sort of trance, staring at the abandoned photo booth in front of him. After a few moments, he shakes his head, and narrows his eyes behind his mask.

"We're going to the Batcave. We'll text Alex and let him know that we won't be coming back to the Cave today."

"Okay, you've seen the library, the gym and the rooms." Alex says. "Now can we please set up a prank?"

Skylar raises her head from behind her book about Greek Mythology. "You're a pranker?"

He nods. "Best one yet." He says.

She puts the book down. "So, how are you even related to the original Kid Flash anyway?"

"He's my cousin." He explains. "My dad's brother's son."

"And how did you get your powers?" she asks, putting her elbows on the table and her chin on her crossed palms. He looks up at her, surprised.

"I thought you didn't want to know about that!" he exclaims.

She shrugs with a small smirk on her face. "I never said I never wanted to know about it." She laughs. "I said I didn't want to know about that yet. But now seems like a good time."

She chuckles as he struggles to find words to yell at her. At the end, he gives up. "You have your way, don't you?" he grins.

She smiles. "I have my moments."

"Oh well," he shrugs his shoulders, "Wally got his powers by trying to duplicate Uncle Barry's speed formula. But I got mine in a slightly different way."

"How?"

"It was actually a lab accident. They were trying to harvest the formula that turns people to speedsters, and they found it too. But it actually blew the place up. Unfortunately for me, I was skateboarding right past the lab when it blew up, and I got a whole body full of the formula. It instantly turned me into a speedster. And here I am."

"It's actually pretty funny when you think about it." Skylar points out. "I mean, you weren't even trying to do anything, and now you're a superhero. Who would've thought?"

"You know, you're not like the other Amazonians we had around here." He says. She raises an eyebrow. "You were here for a month."

"I know." He says. "But Wonder Woman did once or twice bring a couple of her 'Amazonian sisters' with her. Man that was a bad day."

"I don't blame ya." She says. "The Amazonians have extreme dislikes towards boys, and men. Diana's an exception, and maybe Donna."

"Donna Troy? Troia?" he asks. She nods. "Yeah, Donna's pretty cool. She came by once. And that was an unforgettable day. She showed me this really cool move. Took me thirty tries."

"Wow, that's the longest I've ever heard." She says.

"Still, Diana's a little wary of us guys, but you're really cool." He says. "It doesn't even seem like you're an Amazon."

She looks at him. "Well, you'd be the first person who thought that."

He narrows his eyes slightly. "Why?"

"Back in Themyscira, I was the only one who thought that men weren't useless. I was also the only one who wondered what it would be like having a father, or a brother." She says, lowering her eyes. "The other girls always thought I was weird for wondering that. They thought that the world would be great without males in it. I guess I knew better, and that set me apart from the others. It's also one of the reasons I decided to come here. So I could get a taste of what living with both genders in it."

"Wow, that's pretty deep." He softly says. He suddenly gets a text and checks his phone and grumbles when he sees it. "What is it, Alex?" she asks. "Dick just texted me." Alex grumbles. "They're not coming back here today. So, I guess it's just us."

"Bummer." She says.

He slides onto the armchair beside the couch. "Sorry you couldn't do anything cool today." He apologizes. "On my first day, Nightwing put me through a huge workout routine. Got so tired I was actually looking forward to the day ending."

"It's okay." She says. "I actually prefer that my first day doesn't have much to do. I thought you'd know how I crumble under a huge work load from my first day."

"I should've, right?" he asks.

"So, anyway, do you know why they're not coming here?" she suddenly asks.

He shakes his head. "Dick said nothing."

"So, how was your first day at the Cave?" Diana asks.

Skylar looks up from her book. "Oh, it was okay, I guess." She says. "It was pretty mellow. The Court of Owls, whoever they are, apparently attacked Bludhaven, so Nightwing, Cassie and Robin needed to go and take care of that. So, for most of the day I was just pretty much stuck with Alex. Around four or so, Superboy, Miss Martian and Blue Beetle came in, followed by Kid Flash. The day was actually pretty cool."

"No pressure on your first day, that's good." Diana comments. "And by the way, Skylar, we need to start looking for a foster family to take care of you. If we don't, social services are gonna take you away."

"Remind me once again why you can't adopt me and get it over with?" Skylar asks.

"You do not want to live with me, Skylar. I have too much of a responsibility on my shoulders. It'll be impossible to raise you without help. A family might do better." Diana says.

"I'm fourteen, Diana." Skylar stands up. "Who'd want to adopt a teenager? They always go for the cuter and younger babies."

"And how do you know that?" Diana crosses her arms, even though she knows that the young girl is right.

"I actually visited a centre once." Skylar says. "There were a few kids around my age. They were totally ignored."

"But you know you can't give up, right?" Diana asks.

"I know," Skylar says, lowering her voice. "But, what's the use of trying when you know you're gonna fail?"

Diana sighs. "That is something you'll just have to figure out by yourself."

Skylar considers that for a few minutes. "What on earth does that mean?"

Skylar may be strangely mature for her age right now, but she was still a teenager, as Diana was now discovering. All the training she went through back at Themyscira, didn't go to waste since she retained her early maturity, but at times would act like a confused teenager. It was at these moments when Diana would realize how naïve she actually was. It had been one of the main reasons that she convinced her mother to let Skylar off the island as she had too much potential in her.

Now to see whether she'd be good at juggling school and "work".

A/N: Okay, now how many of you actually want this story to continue? It's been four chapters, but not as good a feedback as I hoped. So, it's all up to you guys now. If you don't want this story to continue, I'll wrap it up in the next three or four chapters, but otherwise I'll keep it up to its original length and maybe make it better.

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